OlympicIRL

IRELAND "IRELAND/ÉIRE" "IRSKO" Dia daoibh go léir. OlympicIRL anseo agus is mór an onóir dom a bheith anseo libh i bPoblacht na Seice. Ar dtús ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thapú chun buíochas a thabhairt do Hipooo as an obair mhór iontach a rinne sé mar óstach! Ach anois gan a thuilleadh moille, seo a leanas na torthaí ó ghiúré na hÉireann. Hello everyone. OlympicIRL here and it's an honour to be here with you all in the Czech Republic. Firstly, I would like to take the opportunity to thank Hipooo on his great work as host. But without further ado, these are the votes of the Irish National Jury: 3rd VIETNAM 10 4th NEW ZEALAND 9 5th CHINA 8 6th FRANCE 7 7th GREECE 6 8th HUNGARY 5 9th SLOVENIA 4 10th KAZAKHSTAN 3 11th CANADA 2 12th BRAZIL 1

Séamus is not happy..... and he is also very very drunk!

If the price is right.....

The Czech budget was just a little bigger though as they got 1 point

Wow, the Slovakian bribery budget seems to be quite impressive

CHINAAAAAA!!!! Yesssss!!! Thank you so much @Vic Liu Asia has really kept me alive in this contest (except India ). Thank you!

I always knew it was going to be a battle entering a so-called "boy band" and I was hoping for at least 50 points in this contest. I received gold medal from 1 jury and a silver too! Oh and almost as special as anything, points from @rybak for the first time ever

Yay!! Thanks so much for the points @Ruslan

Sweden I think.

Anyone feel like some Marmite?

I knew there was a reason I had a croissant with tea just now

The same networks got it wrong the last few editions when they called it early

Yay Greece!! . Thank you so much for the points

@Dnl thank you Israel

@dophuquy thank you thank you thank you for the 12 points from Vietnam

Just catching up on some of the votes now! @Glen Thank you so much Malta for the 11 points!

32 seconds, that is definitely one for the all time records it entered

I have considered entering a TV theme song with 4 words in total but not a jungle as such

So instead of sour grapes for us losers this year it is going to be sour tangerines

I fully knew that but I’m totally comfortable with my choice. I really like Westlife so after 19 editions it was time I chose them. And also I know Flying Without Wings is also not the best option but again I carefully select it because I really like it. Never regret choosing any song you enter, that is my motto

It’s all worth it though, after the dust settles you realise how cool it is to be a part of the drama.

The worrying thing from my point of view is that I thought the first session might be the only half good voting session for Ireland in this edition The aim is to break the 20 point barrier this contest

Exciting contest so far! Let’s hope it goes down to the wire this year

Croatia on fire!!

You can share 4 points each